One man created an amazing update to the original Nintendo Game Boy

The original Nintendo Game Boy was the size of a hotel bible, required four AA batteries, and only played games in black and white.

Game Boy is one of the best-selling game consoles Nintendo's ever made — that includes the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the enormously popular Nintendo Wii.Evan Amos, Wikimedia

Beautiful, isn't it?

But one ambitious gentleman thought he could make it even more beautiful. Behold: the updated Nintendo Game Boy, with the ability to play games from the original Nintendo through to the Game Boy Advance, including Sega's consoles and some old arcade games!

Beyond adding two buttons, this updated Game Boy also has a 3.5-inch composite display — a major upgrade over the black-and-white visuals of the OG.

Powering all this new stuff is a new internal processor: the Raspberry Pi Zero. It's a tiny computer that's far more powerful than the original Game Boy's internals.

Raspberry Pi

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Here it is jammed inside the Game Boy:

It wasn't as simple as just slapping the new computer inside and connecting some wires. This is a serious situation! Soldering was involved and everything!Imgur

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Since the Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't have Bluetooth connectivity, it had to be added to this little guy. That means you could use a wireless controller with it — important if you decide to plug it into a TV, which you totally can and probably should.

The mini-HDMI port means you can easily output video from this little guy into a TV, like a full-on game console.YouTube user 'wermy'